Images from the World Between is an engaging survey of circus imagery in 20th-century American art. In her introductory essay, curator Donna Gustafson chronicles the history of the American circus, showing how it became an important subject for artists
Catalog of the exhibition held Oct. 19, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002 at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Feb. 1-Apr. 14, 2002 at John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Fla., and June 7-Aug. 19, 2002 at Austin Museum of Art
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-179) and index
Images from the world between : the circus in twentieth-century American art / Donna Gustafson -- Photographing 'The splendidest sight that ever was' : cruelty, alienation, and the grotesque in the shadow of the big top / Ellen Handy -- Clowns with bad attitudes : popular culture goes to the circus / Karal Ann Marling -- Chick Austin : the ringmaster at the museum / Eugene R. Gaddis -- Point/counterpoint : the circus in art, the circus in life / Lee Siegel
Images from the World Between is an engaging survey of circus imagery in 20th-century American art. In her introductory essay, curator Donna Gustafson chronicles the history of the American circus, showing how it became an important subject for artists